I simply selected the following packages and hit install:
libinline-octave-perl 0.21-2 Perl5 module to Inline GNU Octave code octave 2.1.71-2ubuntu2 GNU Octave language for numerical computatio octave-epstk 2.1-1 GNU Octave encapsulated postscript toolkit octave-forge 2005.06.13-1 Contributed functions for GNU Octave from ht octave-gpc 0.1.5-3build1 Octave bindings for the General Polygon Clip octave-plplot 5.3.1-4ubuntu1 Octave support for PLplot, a plotting librar octave-sp 2003-2build1 Semidefinite Programming functions for GNU O octave-statdataml 1.0.9-1build1 GNU Octave package for XML-based data exchan octave2.1 2.1.71-2ubuntu2 GNU Octave language for numerical computatio octave2.1-doc 2.1.71-2ubuntu2 PDF documentation on the GNU Octave language gnuplot 4.0.0-2 A command-line driven interactive plotting p gnuplot-nox 4.0.0-2 A command-line driven interactive plotting p gnuplot-x11 4.0.0-2 X11-terminal driver for gnuplot
$ yum install octave ... ============================================================================= Package Arch Version Repository Size ============================================================================= Installing: octave x86_64 6:2.1.73-1.fc4 extras 6.4 M octave-devel x86_64 6:2.1.73-1.fc4 extras 282 k octave-forge x86_64 2006.03.17-1.fc4 extras 3.1 M plplot-octave x86_64 5.5.3-7.fc4 extras 392 k Installing for dependencies: atlas x86_64 3.6.0-9.fc4 extras 3.6 M blas x86_64 3.0-37.fc4 extras 301 k blas-devel x86_64 3.0-37.fc4 extras 161 k cln x86_64 1.1.11-1.2.fc4.rf dries_x86_64 533 k fftw x86_64 3.1-3.fc4 extras 943 k fftw-devel x86_64 3.1-3.fc4 extras 1.6 M ginac x86_64 1.3.3-1.fc4 extras 849 k gsl x86_64 1.6-2 base 751 k hdf5 x86_64 1.6.5-4.fc4 extras 2.6 M hdf5-devel x86_64 1.6.5-4.fc4 extras 1.0 M lapack x86_64 3.0-37.fc4 extras 3.4 M lapack-devel x86_64 3.0-37.fc4 extras 3.9 M plplot x86_64 5.5.3-7.fc4 extras 1.5 M qhull x86_64 2003.1-5.fc4 extras 386 k
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Basic graphing (y=x^2)
octave:1> x=-1:0.1:1; octave:2> plot(x,x.^2)
export CVS_RSH=ssh; cvs -d :ext:anoncvs@www.octave.org:/cvs checkout octave
Type startx, then work from the new xterm window.
talin@azalin ~ $ startx Welcome to the XWin X Server Vendor: The Cygwin/X Project Release: 6.8.2.0-4 Contact: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com XWin was started with the following command line: X :0 -multiwindow -clipboard _XSERVTransmkdir: Cannot create /tmp/.X11-unix with root ownership winValidateArgs - g_iNumScreens: 1 iMaxConsecutiveScreen: 1 (II) XF86Config is not supported (II) See http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/cygwin-x-faq.html for more information (==) FontPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/" winDetectSupportedEngines - Windows NT/2000/XP winDetectSupportedEngines - DirectDraw installed winDetectSupportedEngines - DirectDraw4 installed winDetectSupportedEngines - Returning, supported engines 00000007 winSetEngine - Multi Window or Rootless => ShadowGDI winAdjustVideoModeShadowGDI - Using Windows display depth of 32 bits per pixel winAllocateFBShadowGDI - Creating DIB with width: 1280 height: 1024 depth: 32 winFinishScreenInitFB - Masks: 00ff0000 0000ff00 000000ff winInitVisualsShadowGDI - Masks 00ff0000 0000ff00 000000ff BPRGB 8 d 24 bpp 32 null screen fn ReparentWindow null screen fn RestackWindow InitQueue - Calling pthread_mutex_init InitQueue - pthread_mutex_init returned InitQueue - Calling pthread_cond_init InitQueue - pthread_cond_init returned winInitMultiWindowWM - Hello winInitMultiWindowWM - Calling pthread_mutex_lock () winMultiWindowXMsgProc - Hello winMultiWindowXMsgProc - Calling pthread_mutex_lock () MIT-SHM extension disabled due to lack of kernel support XFree86-Bigfont extension local-client optimization disabled due to lack of shared memory support in the kernel (--) Setting autorepeat to delay=500, rate=31 (--) winConfigKeyboard - Layout: "00000409" (00000409) (--) Using preset keyboard for "English (USA)" (409), type "4" Rules = "xorg" Model = "pc105" Layout = "us" Variant = "(null)" Options = "(null)" (--) 5 mouse buttons found Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/, removing from list! Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/, removing from list! Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/, removing from list! Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/, removing from list! winPointerWarpCursor - Discarding first warp: 640 512 winInitMultiWindowWM - pthread_mutex_lock () returned. winInitMultiWindowWM - pthread_mutex_unlock () returned. winInitMultiWindowWM - DISPLAY=127.0.0.1:0.0 winMultiWindowXMsgProc - pthread_mutex_lock () returned. winMultiWindowXMsgProc - pthread_mutex_unlock () returned. winMultiWindowXMsgProc - DISPLAY=127.0.0.1:0.0 winProcEstablishConnection - Hello winInitClipboard () winClipboardProc - Hello DetectUnicodeSupport - Windows NT/2000/XP winClipboardProc - DISPLAY=127.0.0.1:0.0 winProcEstablishConnection - winInitClipboard returned. winMultiWindowXMsgProc - XOpenDisplay () returned and successfully opened the display. winInitMultiWindowWM - XOpenDisplay () returned and successfully opened the display. winClipboardProc - XOpenDisplay () returned and successfully opened the display. winProcSetSelectionOwner - Clipboard not yet started, aborting. winProcSetSelectionOwner - Clipboard not yet started, aborting. waiting for X server to shut down winClipboardProc - Call to select () failed: -1. Bailing. winClipboardProc - XDestroyWindow succeeded. winDeinitMultiWindowWM - Noting shutdown in progress talin@azalin ~